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    Dogs savaged chickens

    A neighbours dog got loose (again), came only our property and savaged our chickens. He broke through the large wire run and the smaller hardcloth run too (must of been in a frenzy to get through that). Chicken One is dead so that's out of the question. Can't do much for her except bury her (My...
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    She nearing POL?

    I have a 16 week old pullet. She's so sweet and gentle. She's also got an eye issue but is doing OK. Here is a picture of her, do we think she's near point of lay? I've never had a pullet redden up this early before but I know it's not unheard of. The rest of the pullets are no where near as...
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    Chicken is a freeloader!

    I don't really mind that she's a freeloader, she's beautiful, but when can I expect her to start laying again? A few factors: She's a Brahma x Buff Orpington. We had her at a few months old in Spring. She laid around 15 eggs and became broody. We let her hatch out chicks late July. After the...
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    Mixed breed pullets

    I have a few mixed breed pullets. Not expecting anyone to have a difinitive answer, but any ideas what these guys are mixes of? I have some very unique girls! I'm assuming a lot of these are Easter Eggers. I have a few guesses myself and will include them at the top of the pictures :) The...
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    Wet chicken run, flooding and heavy rainfall

    So I live in the south of the UK and the weather has been near constant rain for what feels like months. I have 2 Eglu (one big, one small) coops which are great for keeping the birds dry and easy to clean. These are both housed in a 3m x 3m run with an overhead roof. The sides of the coop are...
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    Uk weather and drainage, flooding

    So I live in the south of the UK and the weather has been near constant rain for what feels like months. I have 2 Eglu (one big, one small) coops which are great for keeping the birds dry and easy to clean. These are both housed in a 3m x 3m run with an overhead roof. The sides of the coop are...
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    • coop drainage flooding garden rain run
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    • Forum: Gardening
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    8 week old chicks sexing

    OK, so 8 weeks old yesterday. Up until this point it's been clear that 2 were Roosters. 1 and 2. But another week has gone by, what do we think for the remaining 5? 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7:
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    Broody hen - when will she start laying again?

    I have a currently Brooding Orpington x Brahma hen. It's her first time looking after chicks and she's done an amazing job. The chicks are 8 weeks old and she's still protecting them/sitting over them in the coop (there's 7 of them and they can't all fit under her, despite trying!) but she's...
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    7 week old pullets or roos?

    7 chicks alltogether, 7 weeks old. Pretty sure 1 and 2 are Roos. Not too sure on the others. What do you think? Chick 1: Chick 2: Chick 3: Chick 4: Chick 5: Chick 6: Chick 7:
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    Wyandotte sex

    Hi all, got a very slow feathering Wyandotte chick. It's 6 weeks old and still hasn't fully feathered out. Any idea on its sex?
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    Chick tidbitting 6 weeks

    I swear I've just heard my 6 week old chick tidbitting. When I raised my first bunch in the brooder I never saw this behaviour until my Rooster was around 20+ weeks. This chick has been raised under a broody hen and I swear I just heard a cute little mimic of the sound mum makes when she finds...
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    Streaming

    I currently have 7 chicks under a big old broody hen. I stream this fairly often on Twitch. Pop on by if you want to take a look! There is no need to sign up to Twitch to view the stream 🥰 They are (as of the time of this post) currently 36 days old. Little teenagers now! The Blurb...
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    V comb sexing

    Here is my little chick, 4 weeks old. It's a weird mix breed. I've never had a v comb chick before and I don't know how to gauge the gender at 4 weeks. Alot of my single comb chicks make it obvious early on so I know what I'm looking for but I'm not sure how tall v combs grow, how fast they...
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    Information about Vent Sexing

    Everyone raising chicks and wondering about sexing their young chicks has heard about Vent Sexing. Whilst it's probably the most effective and most accurate way of sexing young chicks, it's also known for being notoriously hard to do for the average backyard chicken keeper and should be left to...
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    Introducing chicks to flock (hatched under Broody Hen)

    I am looking for some advice on what to expect in the next steps of my flock introductions. It's my first time introducing a broody hen's chicks to the rest of the flock. I have introduced new birds before, but always as pullets, never from chicks. All hens were previously together before I...
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    Chick sexing Cockerels or Pullets

    Here we go again! Got 7 chicks for you guys to throw your guesses at. This is not my first rodeo with raising chicks and if you followed my original run, I was really unlucky with the Roosters (6 R/9 H). It's time again to have a guess - I'm well aware that attempting to sex them this early is...
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    Mixed flock

    I ordered a random mix of eggs from a pure breed seller who had put some of her birds in one pen, there is a large mix of breeds and she gave me a wide variety of colored eggs, White, Blue, Dark Olive, and Dark Brown. As the chicks are growing (they are nearly 3 weeks old) I am getting some...
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    Best snacks/treats/food for a mixed flock

    I live in the UK so our weather doesn't get too warm, but I try to get the girls a variety of seasonal veggies in. I can't give our flock mealworms or black soldier fly larvae as these are illegal to feed chickens in the UK (due to the rubbish processing, sometimes animal deritives are...
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    Ducks and Chickens co-existing

    I have no idea why I'm asking this, I don't intend on ever keeping ducks, but I do keep chickens :D They seem to share each other's space quite well. I was wondering: Do ducks, like chickens, have a pecking order for their species? Do ducks and chickens, when they exist in the same space, have...
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    • chickens chickens & ducks ducks flock flock additions pecking order
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
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    Sexing chicks under 4 weeks old

    I have studied the internet far and wide for tips, tricks and methods of sexing chicks under 4 weeks old... Is it really impossible to tell? I have 7 chicks, all under 2 weeks old, but I'm convinced 2 of them are boys. One has a comb coming in already and does little charges at it's hatch...
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